Vincent Hancock of US wins fourth Olympic shooting gold in men’s skeet
by Reuters in Chateauroux from on (#6PQ5A)
American great edges compatriot Conner Prince to become just sixth individual athlete to win same event four times
The American Vincent Hancock won his fourth Olympic shooting gold in men's skeet on Saturday, edging out his younger compatriot Conner Prince, who settled for silver on his Games debut. Lee Meng Yuan of Thailand took bronze.
Hancock, 35, is only the sixth athlete to win the same Olympic individual event four times. He won gold in Beijing (2008), London (2012), Tokyo (2020) and Paris. He missed out in Rio in 2016, finishing just 15th.
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